The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-20


thirteen years. Thirteen is not always an TN
lucky number
AT the sale of the kellogg collection of auts-
graphs in Boston, last week. letter by Haw.
thorne brought $50; the manuscripts of Leigh
Hunts sAbou Ben Adhem.' $50; and few lines
of verse by John Keats. SIC. 90
sWHERE are you going2' said young society
woman two years married. to another the other
day. ''To golden wedding replied her friend.
Fancy" said the frst in tone of WEAKNESS,
fancy living fifty years with one man"
SEVERAL of Parnelrs college classmates live
in this country. One of them is H. B. Ham
mond. president of the Indianapolis, Decatur &
Springfield railroad. He is resident OF New
York. and has fine stock farm at Lake Cham
plain.
Mr.. FREDERICK DOUGLASS is receiving much
social attention in Europe, but the newspapers
there make the mistake of supposing him to
have been a United States Senator. From
Slave to Senator" is heading to be seen on
many articles concerning him.
RALPH DIsRAELI, nephew OF the late Lord Bea-
consfeld, will soon be graduated at Cambridge.
England. The Queen, it is said will push him at
once into public life. He bears great name and
is able youth and seems TO have a future of
prominence before him.
WHILE Generals Sherman. Sheridan and Rose
Grams were riding together at the dedication of
he Garfield statue some one in the crowd cried
OUT "a bottle of whisky would stand a mighty
poor show with that trio" And the warriors
laughed and nudged each other.
A CERTAIN shop in New Nork has on sale pict-
ures of Mrs James Brown Potter in 140 styles.
Is it possible she can have found time while
studying and playing, and elevating the stage
to have sat for them all? 1t is said that the de-
mand does not equal the supply, if you know
what that means.
A RocKLAND, Me-, editor is cunning for the
tyre-setter who upset of his finest sentences,
1.-The we'll trained and cultured voices of the ex-
cellent choir showed to the best advantage in
the anthem, When Morning Purples all the
Sky" The choir was Mortified on the appear
ance of the paper to find the title of their star
piece to be when Mourning Puppies Fill the
Sky"
THE pie is a comparatively small affair. but
there is . big profit in it. Twenty years ago
Mr.. Thompson president of the New York Pie
baking Company, used to drive around in his
wagon, and sell his own pies Presently he saw
chance to make combination and to-day he
is worth 81 600, 000 But he wears, seems to
wear, the same suit in which he used to drive
his wagon.
IT is stated that the late Miss Catherine Wolfe
had a codicil to her will prepared. by which sew
eral million dollars of her fortune was to be
placed at the disposal of the authorities of the
New York diocese of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. But at the very moment of taking pen
into her hand she stricken with faintness,
and had to put off signing it to another oppor-
tunity, which never came.
HARPER's Bazaar is authority for saying that
when two ladies quarrel by letter the proper and
polite way to do it is to write as follows: Mrs.
Brown presents her compliments to Mrs. Wright,
and begs to say that she considers Mrs. Wright's
conduct in interfering with her arrangements
for the fancy fair quite unnecessary. Mrs.
Brown will take the liberty of asking the advice
of Mrs. Wright when she needs it"
<no Oh asc ~ hall . he
danger in being shaved from the public cups in
a barber shop as being brushed with the public
hairbrush. He says: "Haf of the badness in
the world is caused by the indiscrminate use of
brushes in barber shops. Badness IS usually
preceded by scaling of the head. This IS a
sort of disease When barber brushes mans
hair whose scalp is diseased. and uses the same
brush healthy scalp what can you expects
That is why so few women bald. They
never go to barber shops.
AN old cavalryman says that a horse will never
step or a man Intentionally It is a standing
order with cavalry that should man become
dismounted he must lie down and be perfectly
STILL If he does the entire company will pass
over him, and he will not be injured. A horse
notices where he is going, and is on the lookout
for q firm foundation to put his foot 1t is an
instinct with him. therefore, to step over pros
trate man. The injuries caused by runaway
horse are nearly always inflicted by the animal
knocking people down, and not by his stepping
on them
IT takes great deal of work to make type.
Every letter has to be handled by Ave persons
after it is cast. The first thing done Is cutting
the letter on the end of a fine piece of STEEL
forming punch. The punch is driven into a
piece of polished copper, which makes the mat
rix The matrix for the face of the letter and
| the mold for the body of the type are put into
the type-casting machine, fed with melted metal.
and the letters are turned out one at time,
h. fly1< he ,E a
watch. A great deal of work is required in fin
| ishing type, and when at last they apparent
| ly all right each letter is examined under mi
croscope. and the defective ones are rejected
A CORRESPONDENT. writing of a reception at
| the American legation in London, says that
| Mrs. Phelps, the minister's wife, is a striking
| looking woman and receives her guests with
| great ease and cordiality. She is about the
| medium height, with a full, round figure. Her
| nose is nearly straight, and her mouth is small
! and very pleasant in expression. Her eyes are
| a soft gray, full of expression, and showing a
| great appreciation of fun when she laughs Her
| hair which is almost white. arranged in
| small short, soft rings about her face ard over
| the top of her head. At the back it was twisted
| into soft coil Mrs. Phelps wore plain black
| silk, the neck cut square and filled In with
| white silk tulle. In her hand she carried long
| shell-handled binocle. She wore dark-tan
mousuuetaire gloves but no jewelry OF any
| kind.
THE Berlin Tageblatt says: A young lady hav-
| ing asked Moltke and Bismarck to favor her with
a few words in her album, the former wrote:
! LUCE vergeht Wahrheit besteht.
| ". NJ oltke. Feldmarschal.
| To which the Chancellor at once added:
| Wohl weise ich dass in iener Welt
| Die Wahrheit stets den Sieg behalts
| Doch gegen LUCE dieses Lebens
! Kan PIT Elm Fedmarschall selbst vergebens.
". Bismarck, Reich skanzer.
A writer in the Philadelphia Press gives the
| following translation:
i Moltkes
Lies pass away; truth lives for aye.
| Bismarcks:
In wonder world, full we'll know
| Truth will at last the victory gain;
But 'gainst the lies told here below
| A Marshal zen will fight in vain.